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2017-12-05 · Centre Bell

4 – 3Final

STL beat MTL 4–3. STL also won the expected-goals battle 2.5 to 1.8: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Brayden Schenn scored at 12:11 of the third, moving STL’s win probability from 49% to 83%. Carey Price allowed 1.7 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
30 – 25
Expected goals
2.5 – 1.8
xG share
STL 57%
Home-ice start
MTL 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

STL goalMTL goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

STLMTL

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

STL
3 G, 0 A · 17:43 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +2.56
+2.65
MTL
Shea Weber
2 G, 0 A · 22:34 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing +1.71
+1.67
MTL
Jordie Benn
1 G, 0 A · 21:36 TOI
Finishing +0.88 · Penalties +0.18
+1.02

Rough nights

MTL
Carey Price
59:01 TOI
GSAx −1.67
−1.67
STL
56:33 TOI
GSAx −1.61
−1.61
MTL
Tomas Plekanec
0 G, 1 A · 17:08 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.30 · Penalties −0.18
−0.58

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalSTL–MTLWin prob.
P1 5:00 STLBrayden Schenn
from Jaden Schwartz
1–047% → 63%
P1 15:28 MTLJordie Benn
from Tomas Plekanec, Daniel Carr
1–135% → 53%
P2 2:32 STLScottie Upshall
from Dmitrij Jaskin
2–147% → 66%
P2 2:39 STLBrayden Schenn
from Alex Pietrangelo
3–166% → 81%
P2 17:04 MTLShea Weber
from Andrew Shaw
3–212% → 29%
P3 6:34 MTLShea Weber
from Andrew Shaw
3–323% → 52%
P3 12:11 STLBrayden Schenn
from Jaden Schwartz, Colton Parayko
4–349% → 83%

Every player

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STL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brayden Schenn C17:433+2.65+0.09+2.56−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Scottie Upshall R9:521+0.86+0.08+0.78−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Robert Bortuzzo D14:21+0.32+0.16−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.18+0.00
Paul Stastny C18:27+0.25+0.06−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.18+0.01
Magnus Paajarvi L13:56+0.17+0.02−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.18−0.01
Carl Gunnarsson D15:49+0.13+0.18−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Pietrangelo D23:201+0.08+0.10−0.05+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jay Bouwmeester D17:55+0.03+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Patrik Berglund C15:48+0.03+0.05−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Colton Parayko D22:141−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kyle Brodziak C11:15−0.04−0.02−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Joel Edmundson D21:34−0.06−0.03−0.03−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sammy Blais L12:51−0.07+0.07−0.13−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jaden Schwartz C17:192−0.10+0.09−0.19−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dmitrij Jaskin R9:371−0.27+0.05−0.32−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Vladimir Tarasenko R18:18−0.27+0.14−0.43+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Vladimir Sobotka C20:33−0.29+0.05−0.31−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Alexander Steen L17:08−0.43+0.02−0.28+0.01+0.00−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Carter Hutton G3:27+0.00
Jake Allen G56:33−1.61

MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Shea Weber D22:342+1.67−0.08+1.71−0.01+0.04+0.00+0.00
Jordie Benn D21:361+1.02−0.04+0.88+0.01−0.01+0.18+0.00
Karl Alzner D18:52+0.08+0.07+0.01−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Andrew Shaw R17:132+0.01−0.01−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.04
Daniel Carr L12:321−0.00−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jeff Petry D21:51−0.00+0.02+0.01−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Deslauriers L11:41−0.04+0.00−0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Phillip Danault C18:01−0.09−0.08−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Jacob de la Rose L14:05−0.12−0.09−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Max Pacioretty L18:21−0.12−0.03−0.09+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Victor Mete D17:04−0.17−0.19+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
David Schlemko D17:25−0.20−0.21+0.01+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Charles Hudon L12:43−0.21−0.02−0.19−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Galchenyuk C13:56−0.27−0.16−0.10−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Byron Froese C11:34−0.30−0.07−0.07−0.01+0.01−0.18+0.01
Paul Byron L14:18−0.37−0.17−0.18−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R14:05−0.40−0.11−0.10+0.01−0.02−0.18+0.00
Tomas Plekanec C17:081−0.58−0.08−0.30−0.02+0.01−0.18−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Carey Price G59:01−1.67

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.